WEST ON ICELANDIC
SHOOTING
Copyright 2001 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ June 11th 2001 ]
As a
Hollywood contingent of stars and media select
gather in Los Angeles to herald the world premier
of Paramount Pictures Tomb Raider motion picture,
director Simon West [Con Air, The Generals Daughter]
tells Sci-Fi dot com that shooting on the towering
Icelandic glaciers proved dangerous for his cast
and crew.
"It was
just a very dangerous environment," West said
in an interview. "All the snow had gone, and it
was just down to the perma-ice. ... Every 20 feet
it was, like, crevasses going down a kilometer
or something. And we had to have guides to pick
us through a footstep at a [time, so as ] not
to fall down these things." West and his crew
also had to contend with freezing temperatures.
"I, of course, was wearing seven layers," he said.
"And [star Angelina Jolie] was wearing a tank
top, and that was it. And, like, her lips were
going blue."
Simon
West was presented with a question of whether
or not the hardship was worth the final result,
and surprisingly replied "No, it's not. I came
to the conclusion of that....." Lara Croft: Tomb
Raider makes it's public debut Friday June 15th
across the U.S. Oscar winning Girl Interrupted
actress Angelina Jolie will assume the identity
of Core Designs Lara Croft, a British female aristocrat
on a globe-trotting adventure of self and discovery.
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